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in residence August, 2025:

Nikolas Lakiotakis – SIDAAROS

^{Nikolas Lakiotakis performing , SIDAAROS, Archaeological Museum of Serifos “Perseus”, 2025}

SIDAAROS
 A performative reflection on the cosmic and human trajectories of iron — from stars to soil, from matter to story.   A poetic investigation into the landscapes of iron — between memory, body, and history.

SIDAAROS unfolds in the space between history and imagination — between factual narration and dream, between word, sound, and image.

A descendant of a miner, whose traces have long disappeared, becomes the thread through which questions emerge about memory, the body, and humanity’s bond with the element that has shaped this land — iron.

The miners’ strike of 1916, a turning point in the island’s collective history, becomes the core of a journey connecting the local with the cosmic, the intimate with the communal.

Presented at the Archaeological Museum of Serifos “Perseus”, the performance is the outcome of a two-month artistic research residency on the island, supported by Kotoki ART Space.

Nikolas Lakiotakis

Nikolas Lakiotakis was born in Chania and lives in Paris. He studied History at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and the Sorbonne, Translation and Interpreting at the University of Strasbourg, and Acting at Cours Florent in Paris. As an actor, he has collaborated with directors and choreographers in France and Greece, performing works by Thomas Bernhard, Joël Pommerat, Witold Gombrowicz, Nikos Kazantzakis, Jean-Luc Lagarce, among others.

In 2018, he founded the ThetaLab collective in Paris, directing Déjeuner chez Wittgenstein by Thomas Bernhard. His work explores the intersections of memory, history, and landscape through artistic and research-based practices, in collaboration with the Research and Study Foundation Eleftherios Venizelos and Belgian artist David Bergé, with whom he co-founded Kyklada.Press, an editorial experiment dedicated to innovative approaches to the Aegean region.